Lara Odebiyi celebrates 10th year of Dabira Conference

While many a well-intentioned programme grinds to a halt for lack of fuel, the Dabira Women Initiative is still going strong 10 years after, fuelled by an inexhaustible supply of passion which flows through the veins of its gorgeous and delectable founder, Lara Odebiyi.

Since she founded the Lydia Hearts Initiative in 2007, Lara has been giving the middle finger to poverty in the lives of women and girls through her empowerment initiatives and networking programmes, one of which is the Dabira Women Initiative now in its tenth year.

The title of this year’s edition was “Power of a Woman, Power Your Potentials”. It attracted accomplished women leaders like Dr Kemi Jorge Oyewusai, Lilian Adebola, Dr Ada Ezeka and Dr Elishama Ideh who gave powerful talks at the event to the approving nods of the hundreds of women who trooped to the Muson Centre, Onikan venue to see their role models in action.

Lara regularly disseminates her powerful message of hope to women through Dabira magazine which she founded. Her main avenue for reaching out to women is her Dabira Business Network, which she uses to discover, train and equip women entrepreneurs in the country.